The final regular season Mizuno WGCA coaches polls for women’s golf have been released and there’s no surprise Stanford is the top team in Div. I.
The Cardinal received nine first-place votes but so did Wake Forest, which checks in at No. 2. Stanford’s has just a one-point lead in overall points, 441 to 440. LSU is No. 3, South Carolina is No. 4 and Mississippi State checks in at No. 5.
This is the fourth and final coaches poll for the 2023 spring campaign by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association.
Div. I
Rank | University (First-place votes) | Points |
1 | Stanford (9) | 441 |
2 | Wake Forest (9) | 440 |
3 | LSU | 415 |
4 | South Carolina | 384 |
5 | Mississippi State | 373 |
6 | Texas A&M | 369 |
7 | Auburn | 341 |
8 | Oregon | 327 |
9 | San Jose State | 288 |
10 | Arizona State | 281 |
11 | Texas | 259 |
12 | Baylor | 255 |
13 | USC | 248 |
14 | Florida State | 219 |
15 | Northwestern | 218 |
16 | Mississippi | 177 |
17 | Vanderbilt | 158 |
18 | Pepperdine | 135 |
19 | Iowa State | 118 |
20 | Central Florida | 101 |
21 | Florida | 98 |
22 | Oklahoma State | 77 |
23 | Ohio State | 36 |
24 | Clemson | 34 |
25 | Virginia | 28 |
Others Receiving Votes: Southern Methodist (27); Duke (1); Arizona (1); Kentucky (1) |
Div. II
Lynn continues to hold the top spot after receiving all but one first-place vote in Div. II.
Dallas Baptist remains No. 2 while collecting the last first-place vote. Findlay is No. 3, Nova Southeastern is up one spot to No. 4 and Anderson is down two to No. 5.
Rank | University (First-place votes) | Points |
1 | Lynn (13) | 349 |
2 | Dallas Baptist (1) | 334 |
3 | Findlay | 310 |
4 | Nova Southeastern | 304 |
5 | Anderson | 298 |
6 | Henderson State | 290 |
7 | West Texas A&M | 266 |
8 | Rollins College | 245 |
9 | California State San Marcos | 237 |
10 | Indianapolis | 224 |
11 | Tampa | 207 |
12 | Lee | 204 |
13 | Point Loma Nazarene | 173 |
14 | Wingate | 153 |
15 | Limestone | 152 |
16 | Flagler College | 130 |
17 | California State East Bay | 122 |
18 | Barry | 108 |
19 | Florida Southern College | 94 |
20 | Lander | 91 |
21 | Central Missouri | 64 |
22 | Oklahoma Christian | 59 |
23 | Texas at Tyler | 50 |
24 | West Florida | 36 |
25 | Missouri-St. Louis | 30 |
Others receiving votes: California State Monterey Bay (8); Tiffin (4); St. Mary’s (Texas) (3); Eckerd College (1); Grand Valley State (1); Rogers State (1); Saint Leo (1); Texas A&M International (1) |
Div. III
Emory kept its hold on the No. 1 spot in Div. III, receiving 12 first-place votes.
Redlands is No. 2 spot with the remaining three votes. Nos. 3 through 5 are Washington University in St. Louis, George Fox and Carnegie Mellon.
Rank | University (First-place votes) | Points |
1 | Emory (9) | 318 |
2 | Redlands (3) | 305 |
3 | Washington University in St. Louis | 291 |
4 | George Fox | 277 |
5 | Carnegie Mellon | 270 |
6 | Pomona-Pitzer | 269 |
7 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (1) | 254 |
8 | Washington and Lee | 221 |
9 | St. Catherine | 214 |
10 | Methodist | 206 |
11 | Texas at Dallas | 200 |
12 | Centre College | 179 |
13 | Williams College | 170 |
14 | Amherst College | 167 |
15 | Illinois Wesleyan | 163 |
16 | Denison | 129 |
17 | New York University | 117 |
18 | Sewanee: The University of the South | 88 |
19 | Trinity (Texas) | 78 |
20 | Rhodes College | 74 |
21 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 68 |
22 | Oglethorpe | 56 |
23 | Wisconsin – Whitewater | 39 |
24 | California Lutheran | 18 |
25 | UC-Santa Cruz | 15 |
Others receiving votes: Grinnell College (12); Bethel (9); Carleton College (8); Christopher Newport (3); Middlebury College (2); Wisconsin-La Crosse (2); Adrian College (1); Hamilton College (1); Rose Hulman of Technology (1) |
NAIA
Dalton State College remains the unanimous No. 1, with Keiser and Oklahoma City holding steady at Nos. 2 and No. 3.
Rank | University (First-place votes) | Points |
1 | Dalton State College (9) | 90 |
2 | Keiser | 80 |
3 | Oklahoma City | 73 |
4 | SCAD Savannah | 61 |
5 | William Carey | 51 |
6 | Southeastern | 42 |
7 | University of the Cumberlands | 34 |
8 | Indiana Wesleyan | 28 |
9 | Milligan | 14 |
10 | Taylor | 13 |
Others receiving vVotes: Loyola New Orleans (7); Cumberland (1); William Penn (1) |